Comparison

Multi Task Timer Free vs Talking Reminder Lite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Multi Task Timer Free

This app helps manage multiple tasks with a shared deadline, ideal for timed tests. It displays remaining time for each task and overall progress with visual bars and statistics.

Highlights
  • Monitors completion of tasks with a common deadline
  • Displays total time and time left for each task
  • Visual progress bars for quick overview
  • Provides additional statistics
  • Supports iPad multitasking (split view)
Features
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Multi Task Timer monitors the completion of a group of task with a common deadline. This is the perfect app while doing e.g. multiple choice tests. Just setup the number of tasks and the total duration and start the timer. Press 'Next Task' when a task is finished. Features: - Shows total time and time left for each single task - horizontal bars allow a quick overview on the progress - additional statistics - support for the iPad multitasking (split view..)

About

Talking Reminder Lite

This app provides timely reminders with spoken alerts in over 20 languages. It offers various reminder types, including one-time, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and interval options, with customizable talking speed and volume. It can also display messages in the notification bar when the device is locked or other apps are in use.

Highlights
  • Spoken reminders in 20+ languages
  • Multiple reminder types (daily, weekly, etc.)
  • Customizable talking speed and volume
  • Notification bar alerts
  • Import text from clipboard or files
  • Active/sleep status for reminders
Features
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Main Features: 1. Run the reminder at the indicted time 2 When the App is launched, the reminder could talk the text in more than 20 international languages at the indicted time. 3 When the device is locked or the user is using other App, the App could reminder the user by playing 26 talking sounds in English and also display the message in the notification bar. 4 The App includes the following six standard time reminders:One Time reminder, every hour reminder, every day reminder, every week reminder, every month reminder, Interval reminder. Detail features: 1 import the text from the paste board, soft keyboard or text file. 2 In the main list, each table cell contains one cycle button at the right side, after tapping the right button,the user could change the reminder status between active and sleep. In the sleep status, the reminder will be ignored. 3 When the reminder record is running, the right button will be stop button. So tap the stop button could stop the current reminder job. 4 The user could select the talking speed from the setting view. 5 The user could control the talking volume from the setting view. 6 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the right one is the wizard button. Tap the wizard button, the user could select the every day template, every week template or the every month template. 7 In the main list view, at the tool bar, the left one is the clear button. Tap the clear button, the user could delete all the reminder records from the database and the notification list. Screen shots description: in the screen shot, if there are only one main title line in each cell , the notification sound is the default iOS sound and only the talking text is displayed. If there are two main title lines in each cell of the main list view, one line is for the talking notification sound. the other line is for the talking text. In the main list view, if we tap the + button at the bottom tool bar, the menu list is displayed. From this menu, the user could select the reminder type. In the main list view, if one reminder event cell is displayed, and we tap the active button, the status of the event will be changed to sleep status. The lite edition includes the iOS default notification sound and 26 talking sounds in English. Below is the notification sounds list: 0 iOS default Notification Sound 1 Go home 2 Go to school 3 Go to work 4 Go to the cafeteria 5 Do some exercise 6 Get up 7 Go to bed 8 Set out 9 Go back 10 Take a break 11 Make a reservation 12 Go dating 13 Call up 14 Send an Email 15 Go to the bank 16 Go to the hospital 17 Attend a meeting 18 Go to the grocery 19 Check out the internet 20 Check the email box 21 Play the sound 22 Play music 23 listen the talking 24 Have an afternoon Tea 25 Go to a party 26 Go shopping

Screenshots

Multi Task Timer Free4 screens
Talking Reminder Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Multi Task Timer Free at 50% against Talking Reminder Lite's 0%. Multi Task Timer Free also leads on rating (2.7 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 12.0). Talking Reminder Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Multi Task Timer Free sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Talking Reminder Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Multi Task Timer Free holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Multi Task Timer Free's written reviews are positive against 0% of Talking Reminder Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multi Task Timer Free ships an update every 14 months, Talking Reminder Lite every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Multi Task Timer Free versus Talking Reminder Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMulti Task Timer FreeTalking Reminder Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet Jonas方 沈

Customer experience

Multi Task Timer Free

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Talking Reminder Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Multi Task Timer Free

One-time1
  • Multi Task Timer Upgrade$0.99
None

Talking Reminder Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Multi Task Timer Free free?
Multi Task Timer Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Talking Reminder Lite free?
Talking Reminder Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Multi Task Timer Free or Talking Reminder Lite?
Multi Task Timer Free is rated higher. Multi Task Timer Free averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Talking Reminder Lite averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Multi Task Timer Free or Talking Reminder Lite have ads?
Neither Multi Task Timer Free nor Talking Reminder Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Multi Task Timer Free or Talking Reminder Lite?
Multi Task Timer Free ships an update every 14 months, and Talking Reminder Lite every 9 months. Most recently, Multi Task Timer Free was updated on August 15, 2026 and Talking Reminder Lite on September 20, 2026.

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